§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Energy if, pursuant to the reply to the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras (Mr. Dotson),(Official Report, 5 February, columns 454–56), he will set out the date on which the contract was issued to Nuclear Services Group to advise the Secretary of State on decommissioning costs in regard to electricity industry privatisation; when the report, or reports were received by him from Nuclear Services Group; what was the total costs of the consultancy contract; and if he will place a copy of the report in the Library.
§ Mr. BaldryThe contract was awarded on 10 April 1989 and the report was received on 16 May 1989. The report considers BNFL's estimates of its decommissioning costs. The cost and content of the report are commercially confidential.